Steve let me know about this cool game over at Free Rice. You play a vocabulary game and the website donates rice based on how well you do. Of course, I think the website is making a killing on this because of the big name adverts. For those who like to stick it to the … [Read more…]
Or “Tour de Guatemala.” This is the pre-eminent cycling event of Guatemala and early yesterday morning we got to listen, thanks to a van with huge speakers a block away, to stage four being announced all morning. Once people started gathering on the highway, we decided to see what all the fuss was about. Of … [Read more…]
Amber is still recovering from a broken toe after maliciously kicking Acadia’s bed.A Short-Term Team from Kamloops, BC flies in and arrives in Tactic Sunday night.The Oilers lose to the Flames and end the weekend with a 3/8 record.The oldest woman in San Antonio Panec, 105, dies.Blaise, Acadia, and Amber all have coughs. Both kids … [Read more…]
I prescribed amoxicilan to a boy yesterday and robaxacet to a woman today. I produced a video report for a donor to a building project two days ago. I translated a church service last Saturday from Spanish to English. I chauffeured some people to Guatemala City last weekend. I fixed a couple errors on the … [Read more…]
Twelve movies that I’m looking forward to seeing: Dan in Real Life: because it was written by the same guy who wrote What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, About a Boy, and Pieces of April (Amber’s favorite) and it stars Steve Carell and Juliette Binoche. Be Kind Rewind: because Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind writer/director also … [Read more…]
Aside from the occasional seminar when teaching or youth pastoring, I haven’t been a student since April 2000 when I graduated from university. At that time I was so sick of school, after 5 long years, that I had no interest in furthering my formal education any time soon. Well, it’s been 7 1/2 years … [Read more…]
“You gotta be pretty bold to think that mankind is going to destroy what God has created. The earth is way above us. The only way the earth is going to be destroyed is when God says in His word when He turns it loose, when He makes a new heaven and a new earth. … [Read more…]
I woke up at 5:30 this morning to see if I could start downloading my pre-ordered Radiohead album In Rainbows. Sure enough, I had to fetch the email from my junk mail, but then I was able to download the 48.4MB zip file quickly while my network was still sleeping. So far the album totally … [Read more…]
International Blogger’s Day for Burma
Amber showed me some news she got in her Daily Good this morning. Radiohead is selling their latest album only from their website. This means no record company. This alone is revolutionary – a band of that stature leaving the stability of a record company to become independent again. In reality, record companies are becoming … [Read more…]